Digital BW, The Print

Hello,

I ordered my batch of Hawk Mountain Papers at the recommendation of 
Clayton Jones.  I have not been dissapointed.  Their customer service 
is top notch.  I had some Merlin Smooth that is curved, and I was 
having trouble printing.  So they are sending me out a new package of 
Merlin Smooth (no questions asked).  I did get a few sheets of the 
Merlin smooth to print well, and my results are different and more 
neutral then the H. Photo Rag.  The papers I think I am settled on 
are.

1) Epson Velvet Fine Art (for that yellow/aged tone reminds me of a 
very mild Sepia)
2) Merlin Smooth (neutral tone)
3) Condor B/W (very clean and cool tone like Selenium)

I am out of H. Photo Rag and the cost is just ungodly so I don't 
think I plan to order any more.

I have not noticed any significant D-Max variation among these papers.
All of the blacks are very dark.

I use an epson 2200 with MSI Eboni Black only ink.

Btw, I had origianlly sent out many (9 or 10) free samples of B/O 
printing on various papers.  I now have to charge at least my costs 
of shipping and materials.  Just send me an e-mail if you want a 
print.  I am not doing this to make money. I just want to help others 
get started with making great B/O results because it is fun, and it 
works very well.

Here is a link to my portfolio on photo.net if anyone is interested.  
Just tell me what image you would like.  However, they are jpegs and 
they dont do the actual final prints justice.
 
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=381792

Regards,
Steve

Hello Steve,

>1) Epson Velvet Fine Art (for that yellow/aged tone reminds me of a 
>very mild Sepia)
>2) Merlin Smooth (neutral tone)
>3) Condor B/W (very clean and cool tone like Selenium)

Premier Fine Art Hot Press is another good one on the warm end,
similar to VFA, but with a very smooth surface if you don't want the
texture.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm